Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 728
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/09/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (233996) (with directory
    2  and title amendments)
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    4         Between lines 490 and 491
    5  insert:
    6         (a) Benefits are payable by mail or electronically.
    7  Notwithstanding s. 409.942(4), the agency may develop a system
    8  for the payment of benefits by electronic funds transfer,
    9  including, but not limited to, debit cards, electronic payment
   10  cards, or any other means of electronic payment that the agency
   11  deems to be commercially viable or cost-effective, except that
   12  an individual being paid by paper warrant on July 1, 2011, may
   13  continue to be paid in that manner until the expiration of the
   14  claim. Commodities or services related to the development of
   15  such a system shall be procured by competitive solicitation,
   16  unless they are purchased from a state term contract pursuant to
   17  s. 287.056. The agency shall adopt rules necessary to administer
   18  this paragraph the system.
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   22         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 484
   24  and insert:
   25         Section 5. Effective July 1, 2011,
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 28
   31  and insert:
   32         443.111, F.S.; revising the manner in which benefits
   33         are payable; eliminating payment by mail; conforming
   34         provisions to changes made
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